On parametrization of the linear GL(4,C) and unitary SU(4) groups in terms of Dirac matrices.

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2008.021MaRDI QIDQ2473567zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. G. Tokarevskaya, V. M. Red'kov, A. A. Bogush

Publication date 27 February 2008

Published in SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2634, https://eudml.org/doc/45166, http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2008/021/

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zbMATH Keywords

Dirac generatorsDirac matricesparametrizations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35) Applications of linear algebraic groups to the sciences (20G45) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05)

Abstract: Parametrization of $4imes4$-matrices $G$ of the complex linear group $GL(4,C)$ in terms of four complex 4-vector parameters $(k,m,n,l)$ is investigated. Additional restrictions separating some subgroups of $GL(4,C)$ are given explicitly. In the given parametrization, the problem of inverting any $4imes4$ matrix $G$ is solved. Expression for determinant of any matrix $G$ is found: $detG=F(k,m,n,l)$. Unitarity conditions $G^{+}=G^{-1}$ have been formulated in the form of non-linear cubic algebraic equations including complex conjugation. Several simplest solutions of these unitarity equations have been found: three 2-parametric subgroups $G_1$, $G_2$, $G_3$ - each of subgroups consists of two commuting Abelian unitary groups; 4-parametric unitary subgroup consisting of a product of a 3-parametric group isomorphic SU(2) and 1-parametric Abelian group. The Dirac basis of generators $Lambd{a}_k$, being of Gell-Mann type, substantially differs from the basis $lambd{a}_i$ used in the literature on SU(4) group, formulas relating them are found - they permit to separate SU(3) subgroup in SU(4). Special way to list 15 Dirac generators of $GL(4,C)$ can be used $$, which permit to factorize SU(4) transformations according to $$, where two first factors commute with each other and are isomorphic to SU(2) group, the three last ones are 3-parametric groups, each of them consisting of three Abelian commuting unitary subgroups.

Review text

The idea behind this work is how to extend possible parametrization of the orthogonal group \(\text{SO}(4,\mathbb{C})\) and its double covering to larger orthogonal and unitary groups. The present work deals with the parametrization of \(4\times 4\) matrices of the complex linear group \(\text{GL}(4,\mathbb{C})\), decomposed into 16 Dirac matrices, in terms of four complex 4-vector parameters \((k,m,n,l)\). It particularly resolves the question of distinguishing, within Dirac parametrization, \(\text{SU}(3)\) as a subgroup of \(\text{SU}(4)\) and specifies this approach for pseudounitary groups \(\text{SU}(2,2)\) and \(\text{SU}(3,1)\) whose generators are constructed on the basis of the known Dirac generators of \(\text{SU}(4)\).

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